The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-12-25

CdShdl RS1dd.-ln throwing rames, three or . KIND
generally takes precedence of pair and =" odd. Put 1t
Is sometimes agreed beforehand that tripiets shall count
only As pairS the player whose dice give the greatest
number OF spots winning. You do not ssem to have
made any previous agreement and wo think that the
three aces should beat tho two dsuoes and the ace.
,. Ws Ia , !. snc IN ,o XXI. e, recorded temperature d E.a Z sh'
We answered this question, or = similar one, on OCT. \
Two below zero on Jan "a, 1882, IL the lowest within six
year,, according to Hudnut.
Sun-l. We should think that the fumes Of an oil stove
would be Injurious to health. 2. Keep the stove clean,
the wicks fresh. the oil pure; do not torn the wick too
low nor yet too high; whom you wish to use the stove
use It; whom You arc finished with It for the time being.
put out the fame entirely. 8. 4 Cigarette smoking. by |
almost every physician, Is said to DO injurious in It's
effects.
4. bets 3; that the "Ghic.so. Anarchists will no. b.
hung" Nothing was said about all seven being hung;
We think q. wins and A. loses and is liable for the wine.
vb: am ,s g y year, o IA r ! sams e q ~ S:s sSSsa. Il #, from N. se 81 4.
came back again to Brooklyn when "a years Of age, and
voangf NJ.
Make your declaration Of intention to become . eIa. |
sen. and in two years get your naturalization papera
,,%se,,STas's' home and give me some psfdoulsr' about
The State Asylum for Inebriate. was incorporated
about 1855; acts in aid Of the concern were passed In
1850 and 1851. AlarEe building was opened at Bing-
hamton in 1884 The place Is no longer q State asylum,
having been closed - sIch In 1879.
l. ! read some time ago that the State Of Delaware en-.
i s,.,s, Which sSa, f bsfs and po- :sn .. %,,I p. sn]oS:s sy other *.
cams inIs. iae Union ass "oSsrss!' sase, o. me@esI:
8 8. n. . p.o ep.'s!; o 5sts.rI q so. .,i in i Dsi:s. ss.' i. = thu ma. Correct ns e
5. fIssss name The counties In Delaware. &. 3. B..
l. We don't see how Delaware. BY tho Constitution Of
states cannot have. Tho Constitution provides what
Congress can do. and what the States cannot do. A.
long a. q State doesn't come into conflict with the Con.
stitution. it can 60 ahead and do asst chooses. 2. No.
8 Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex
doctrine Of the Catholic Church, L. ]. Moo.
/. We do not think that Mr.. Georges work. nave been
placed on the Index Expurgatorius of tho Roman
Catholic Church. n yet Their not being so placed gives
them sort Of negative approval by tho Pope. 2. Whether
the Pope has, A. yet, found anything against tho doc
trines OF tho Roman Church In Ny. Georges books or
has not. 1t is certain that high dignitaries of the Church
have done so. who viii advise the Pope that the books
contain heretical matter,
Elm Park-The steamship Atlantic Of the White Star
line went ashore March 81. 1878. of Newfoundland.
Who was King of the carnival in this city in 1897
There was no carnival In 1875. David @. ~YuenEtins.
tho brewer, was King In 1877.
r. W. S-f you want Government publications. write
to the head Of the department whose reports you wish,
explaining as clearly ss possible what 1t Is you require.
eide the bet READER Anahsim- Cal.
The encyclopedia Ways of Australia: AN island.
classed as = continent by most geographers." A corti.
nenI according TO tho phystcal geoErapherE - o great
extent OF land, with mountain ranges running approx.
mate!y parallel along two Of Its coasts, and with . broad
central basin. Australia to some extent fills these con.
diIuons. So docs the Iberian peninsula much better
than Australia; but Australia IL called . continent; the
lberian peninsula is called a part Of Europe. g., We
think, must DO considered as winning the bot.
Brnhl-Presidcnt Cleveland used the expression in his
speech at the Harvard commencement in juno last
George W. B-we do not think the new American
party Is . fraud. II might be a good plan for you to
49, To- .x sh. oNo
the party for yourself. 1t is said that most Of the
Americans who compose 1t arc sons Of immigrants.
pr %sil ySa eS @SIsR % i. sy si sb.Ep III. 9so :1ssd s ssp S,Ss,o Of I'm, Inn
Board Of Aldermen An OH Rs4pxs. ~
Sharp was sentenced to four years In State prison. and
70 pay . nne of S. 600.
CES-There is = river called the chagres in Panama.
IN. V.-The gallows used In New York county il
sometimes sent into other counties TO be used there.
A bets b that the twenty third and Twenty fourth
t~sHsy! ,Sss' wards sS eombi %Sd: Vi! sISS VIM. ' shs bs n other
Cu1s.
B wins; IL 100 acres Of New FORKS territory arc on tho
mainland, as against l4,4oo acres on Manhattan and
other islands
J. Z. Edoards-you live in tho Thirteenth Conress
district and your Congressman In Mr.. Ashbel r. Fitch.
Setler-To obtain tho Information you wish write to
the Commissioner Of Public Lands. Washington,
Please lot me know whether weiss beer is temper
Police Jusuoes policemen. bartender. and other OF.
perts agree In saying that 1t Is not intoxicating. Whether
Q notwithstanding drink is = temperance beverage We
do not know.
!s Il correct to say The necessity will commend H.
We think not. "The necessity will show ITSELF" or
will become apparent - 10 the proper expression.
Can a State DO suedf Ifso. In what COURT NIX.
Not without permission being obtained from the Legis
lAture. suits for money are brought against individual
officials; II they lose, they are reimbursed by the State.
John NJ W-The sentence you quote is correct
-k Sls1's S'' and eH' " sHSrsSt pI"0nTn as4s Is . Of d,t sss Mors q;
'pef" u pronounced "A'F''' TINS correct {. II. A.
The words arc French. and are pronounced ''Markse"
and "Aarkeeze;' GO that they are pronounced correct.
~ At the Casino.
J. W. P-wo agree with all the historians except
Plutarch. That writer seems to have left out = gene
ration in his account OF Claudius and his wife. Agrippina.
JB-Burnsls Highland Mary and his ITO Mary In
Heaven are In all collections of English poems, and OF
course In all complete collections of his poetry.
I0ndeto-we really cannot hunt around until We hnd
what you want As you see by this column. We have
one or two other correspondents who want us to gtvs
them information on various subjects. Write 10 the
sditor OF the Iron Age or of tho American Jfetal Market.
Both Of these papers are published in this city.
IL geography considered an exnet science' .F.B.
We think IL Is getting TO be more aud more Of an exact
science. though 1t never occurred to Us to consider It as
among the exact soiencsA
msus eH land ! a nft sss b = fia,. In 4 s' sos w Z TIA. sTs q ne eG n.S..:
q, HS@s.ss.d act 5. what il. the frss sc,, : 6adsr
what law eau i avail myself or tile opportunity the Gov
ernment gives q poor man to secure . farm for himsolff
have taken out my nrst papers A FARnHk
l. Yea a. you have taken out your nrst papers {. The
Homestead act gives to every citizen, and TO him who
has declared his intention 10 become . citizen, the right
to . homestead on surveyed lands not mineral In char.
Acter amounting to 100 acres He must reside upon the
land for I'VE years. 2. The Timber Culture Act gave to
any head OF . family the right 10 take up 100 acres Of
land. regardless OF what he held already. on condition
that timber should be grown there TO an extent and for
. period Of time nxed by the law, 4 You can get full In
formation on the subject from the Commissioner Of
LAsds Washington, d q.
J. How IL to name Mclean pronounced. and u Il Of
i!rtsh Or SCOTCH origin' e Was Robert Bums ever in
LONDON CAhEkoa.
l. The word n pronounced NaoLAna a. It h soms-
times spelled. hAoLeAn Is Scotch. Mclean Irish, in It's
orixiA 2. No
n ana G.-Ths name of M, McCaulis now comic op.
era THE Begun" IL pronounced with the acceat on
the hrbt syllable and the e hard.
In Blaekmores Lorna Doom {" Is the quotation "Cu.
ria sult adytsari" correct as given In chapter ST. find
NO sESh verb In my lexicon In chapter I he speaks OF